WORRIES about flooding after heavy rainfall across the Wellington and Wiveliscombe areas proved unfounded this morning.

The Rivers Tone and Culm and other watercourse levels were all reported as ‘normal’ and recorded rainfall in the past 24 hours was mostly around 0.2 inches, with the Brendon and Quantock Hills seeing most rain at around half-an-inch.

The Met office said today was likely to see some localised heavy showers and would be ‘breezy’ with sunny spells in the morning turning cloudier and seeing some longer spells of rain and stronger winds later on.

The maximum temperature should reach 14C, dropping to 3C overnight.

Tomorrow should see a mixture of sunshine and further showers, some of which could be heavy with hail and thunder.

Those showers could merge into longer spells of rain at times but the day should still be mild, although windy, and the temperature touching 13C.

Sunny spells and blustery heavy showers were predicted for the weekend, drying up on Monday but turning chillier with a frost.

Advice on any flooding concerns can be obtained by calling the Floodline number 0345 988 1188 which operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.